Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Skirlaugh, Yorkshire

South Skirlaugh is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Yorkshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
LICKISS144.778217,500.00
GREEN113.754313.33
JACKSON103.413012.21
JOHNSON103.413010.16
SMITH103.41302.42
ATKINSON82.730428.03
TURNER82.73049.81
DOWNES82.7304220.99
SCARR62.04781,090.91
RICHARDSON62.047812.03
GRAY62.047814.34
SWABY62.04781,111.11
JORDAN51.706538.61
SINGLETON51.706586.36
SCOTT51.70656.74
BAILEY51.706511.33
WILKINSON41.36528.95
HARDY41.365222.79
BOARDMAN41.365285.11
GIRLING41.3652213.90
BIRD41.365217.87
SOLOMAN41.3652625.00
CLAPHAM41.3652158.10
MORTIMER31.023948.94
ALLISON31.023936.01
ELLIS31.02397.05
PORTER31.023913.64
HESLOP31.0239119.52
SANDERSON31.023924.79
CLARKSON31.023938.61
WILSON31.02392.23
CURSON31.0239447.76
LEE31.02396.27
DAVY20.682655.40
JAMIESON20.682624.51
STEPHENSON20.682611.93
CAROLL20.68262,222.22
SWIFT20.682622.10
PERKINS20.682615.17
NICHOLS20.682620.94
WATSON20.68262.94
PEARSON20.68265.88
COUPLAND10.341353.76
MAIR10.341336.90
WALKER10.34131.02
GOODACRE10.3413106.38
ROBINSON10.34131.07
CARTER10.34132.03
TASKER10.341332.05
DENNIS10.341311.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LICKISS17,500.00144.7782
CAROLL2,222.2220.6826
SWABY1,111.1162.0478
SCARR1,090.9162.0478
SOLOMAN625.0041.3652
CURSON447.7631.0239
DOWNES220.9982.7304
GIRLING213.9041.3652
CLAPHAM158.1041.3652
HESLOP119.5231.0239
GOODACRE106.3810.3413
SINGLETON86.3651.7065
BOARDMAN85.1141.3652
ALLMAN72.4610.3413
DAVY55.4020.6826
COUPLAND53.7610.3413
MORTIMER48.9431.0239
CLARKSON38.6131.0239
JORDAN38.6151.7065
MAIR36.9010.3413
ALLISON36.0131.0239
TASKER32.0510.3413
HORNBY29.9410.3413
EYRE28.4910.3413
ATKINSON28.0382.7304
ROGERSON27.7010.3413
SANDERSON24.7931.0239
JAMIESON24.5120.6826
HARDY22.7941.3652
SWIFT22.1020.6826
NICHOLS20.9420.6826
BIRD17.8741.3652
PERKINS15.1720.6826
GRAY14.3462.0478
PORTER13.6431.0239
GREEN13.33113.7543
JACKSON12.21103.4130
RICHARDSON12.0362.0478
STEPHENSON11.9320.6826
DENNIS11.5310.3413
BAILEY11.3351.7065
JOHNSON10.16103.4130
TURNER9.8182.7304
WILKINSON8.9541.3652
DOBSON7.7410.3413
ELLIS7.0531.0239
HEATH6.8710.3413
PRESTON6.8310.3413
SCOTT6.7451.7065
LEE6.2731.0239

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 14 people called LICKISS in South Skirlaugh at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4.7782 in South Skirlaugh means that 4.7782% of the people in South Skirlaugh on census day were called LICKISS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LICKISS in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called LICKISS as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called LICKISS here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called LICKISS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 17,500.00 in South Skirlaugh means that you are 17,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LICKISS in South Skirlaugh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Skirlaugh in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLI...AN (1)  ALLISON (3)  ALLMAN (1)  ATKINSON (8)  BAILEY (5)  BARCHARD (4)  BIRD (4)  BOARDMAN (4)  BOSNALL (2)  BROMBY (1)  BURTON (1)  CAROLL (2)  CURSON (3)  CARTER (1)  CLAPHAM (4)  CLARKSON (3)  COUPLAND (1)  CURTIS (1)  DAVY (2)  DAWSON (1)  DENNIS (1)  DOBSON (1)  DOWNES (8)  DOWNIS (1)  ELLIS (3)  ETHARD (4)  EYRE (1)  FLOWERDEW (7)  GARDHAM (1)  GIRLING (4)  GOODACRE (1)  JORDAN (5)  GRAY (6)  GREEN (11)  HARDY (4)  HEATH (1)  HESLOP (3)  HORNBY (1)  JACKSON (10)  JAMIESON (2)  JOHNSON (10)  JONES (1)  LEE (3)  LICKISS (14)  LONDESBROUGH (2)  LONDSBROUGH (1)  MAPPLETHORPE (1)  MC DONALD (1)  MEGSON (6)  MONKMAN (8)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORTIMER (3)  MAIR (1)  NICHOLS (2)  OXTOBY (8)  PALIES (4)  PARSONS (1)  PEARSON (2)  PERKINS (2)  PORTER (3)  PRESTON (1)  RIBY (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIGNALL (2)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERSON (1)  SANDERSON (3)  SCARR (6)  SCOTT (5)  SCREWSON (1)  SEALING (2)  SINGLETON (5)  SMITH (10)  SOLOMAN (4)  SPROFTON (1)  STAVELEY (5)  STEPHENSON (2)  STYCHE (3)  SWABY (6)  SWIFT (2)  TAFFINDER (1)  TASKER (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNER (8)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (2)  WESTOBY (2)  WHITE (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILSON (3)